the eve of christmas eve involved baking red velvet cookies and eating close to 15 of them, wrapping presents clumsily in foil lined gift wrap paper that was 10% off at Target, walking in the rain, yoga class set to Beyonce songs, homemade pozole, Love Actually (is all around), and, yes, amazing live banjo playing by bearded men from Pennsylvania. and that, that's how you do the eve of christmas eve.